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4434Creating eBooks for distance education - Case studyhttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=523370
Download the supporting PDF file for this episode http://bit.ly/f1v3iH from the Learning to Teach Online project website.This case study examines the use of eBooks and eReaders as an extension of the usual Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS). This initiative was undertaken as part of the DUCKLING research project (Delivering University Curricula: Knowledge, Learning and Innovation Gains) conducted by the Beyond Distance Research Alliance at the University of Leicester in the UK. While the context of this study involves distance students, using electronic books can have applications in any discipline where students are required to undertake a significant amount of reading. This case study discusses some advantages of using eBooks, and outlines the process involved in creating and uploading them to an eReader device.Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:22:37 -0800Elixr: Reimaging Learning Spaces - Community College Leadership Programhttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=394626
Kent Farnsworth, Director of the Community College Leadership Program (University of Missouri St. Louis), discusses his experience transforming the program for online delivery. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 15:50:03 -0700Puppets in the classroomhttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=370515
This is an article about the use of puppets in the classroom.Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:43:58 -0800Teaching with web 2.0 technologies: Twitter, wikis & blogs - Case studyhttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=523353
Download the supporting PDF file for this episode http://bit.ly/e2Hxxs from the Learning to Teach Online project website.Web 2.0 tools can be useful for any situation where discussion and content sharing is desired, and where accessing current information in certain topic areas can be advantageous for learning. This case study examines how and why Lubna Alam from the University of Canberra used the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) as a central hub that both provided her students with easy access to the class blogs, wiki and Twitter, and a place where information from the different technologies was amalgamated. The integration of web 2.0 technologies into the learning process is examined, highlighting how this can improve student engagement, communication and collaboration.Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:33:58 -0800GE Reform: Designing a 16-Course Meal, CSU Bakersfieldhttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=932883
This is a pre-publication profile of the General Education (GE) curriculum redesign process and outcomes at California State University Bakersfield. Key features of the new curriculum include: 1) interdisciplinary integrated themes; 2) contextualizing and reinforcing foundational skills; 3) guidepost courses for reflection and application; 4) faculty groups for those teaching in the new curriculum. &nbsp;Sun, 8 Feb 2015 13:41:13 -0800General Education Pathways - CSU Chicohttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=934337
This is a profile of the General Education (GE) Pathways program at California State University, Chico,&nbsp;prepared for a forthcoming report, "Innovations in General Education: Giving California Students a Compass." The GE Pathways program includes 48 units (39 lower division, 9 upper division), with 36 units organized into 10 themes (e.g., diversity, health and wellness, sustainability studies). Students may choose lower divison courses from any Pathway, but take the 9 upper division units in a single Pathway. If a student takes at least 18 units in a Pathway, including the upper division units, they earn a minor in that area of focus.Sun, 8 Feb 2015 17:52:23 -0800Metro Academies (version for Paradigms Conference)http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=932845
This is a profile of Metro Academies at City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State University prepared for a forthcoming report, "Innovations in General Education: Giving California Students a Compass." Metro Academies is a long-duration learning community designed to increase "college completion through a redesign of the first two years." It has demonstrated success in raising retention rates and cost-effectiveness for students who are first-generation, low-income, and/or under-represented.&nbsp;Sun, 8 Feb 2015 10:03:31 -0800Redesigning General Education - CSU Los Angeles (version for Paradigms conference)http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=932835
This is a profile of the process and outcomes&nbsp;of General Education (GE) curriculum redesign at California State University, Los Angeles, &nbsp;prepared for a forthcoming report, "Innovations in General Education: Giving California Students a Compass." Notable features of the new curriculum include: 1) GE learning outcomes aligned with the LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes (www.aacu.org/leap); 2) a civic/service learning requirements; 3) expanded writing requirements; 4) a diversity outcome; 5) an integrated interdisciplinary science option; and 6) optional thematic GE pathways on pressing social and global problems, leading to a minor.Sun, 8 Feb 2015 13:19:45 -0800Life on the Web. Students in a Teacher College of Education develop educational programs and activities related to intelligent use of the Webhttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=855570
Students in a teacher training college in Israel have developed and taught curricula on the intelligent use of the Web.&nbsp; The educational programs were based on activities thematically related to the world of digital citizenship, such as the rights of the child and the Internet, identity theft, copyrights, freedom of expression and its limitations, etc.Sun, 20 Apr 2014 04:53:30 -0700Madalyns Portfoliohttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=418337
Madalyn PortfolioFri, 13 Nov 2009 07:20:56 -0800